Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Chess Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Chess Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

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Category : Sports Published on: July 29 2023

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Aditya Samant became India’s 83rd Grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at the Master Tournament (MTO) in the Biel International Chess Festival.
Aditya S Samant hails from the Maharashtra.
Samant earned his first GM norm at the age of 16 at the ABU Dhabi Masters in August andby December, Samant had already bagged his second GM norm at the 3rd El Llobregat Open.
To become a Grandmaster, a player has to secure three GM criteria and exceed a live rating of 2,500 ELO points.
His live rating going into the ninth-round game is 2525.4.
Before Aditya S Samant, Telangana's V Prraneeth became India's 82nd and the state's sixth GM when he defeated GM Hans Nieman of the US in the penultimate round of the Baku Open 2023.

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